Stormy Scott & Jason Durham Launch New Chassis Brand “Category 5 Race Cars”

[Henry Every]

Sounds like it's a 2013 Bloomquist with Longhorn RF & latest birdcages? If it was "designed" in 2013, can't be anything all that special.

Think of it as a "2013 Frame" but everything has been relocated or updated to the latest way of thinking. Like Masters said, moving things a 1/2 inch can be ground breaking and if you move everything its a completely different car. A chassis is an interconnected system and just bolting on the same parts Longhorn uses anywhere wouldn't make it a Longhorn or even Longhorn like. If you take the RF leg off a Cheetah and put it on the RF of a Rhino, it ain't gonna make him fast...

[foxfire2dirtracing]

It’s basically a street rod version of a 2013 Bloomquist chassis.

[fastford]

an old chassis builder that is gone now , told me once that these things haven't changed that much in years , but you have to have something to sell to survive .....

[BTExpress]

So to recap, Bruce Nunnally of Brucebuilt is building BMF chassis for Cory Hedgec*ck, Sniper Chassis for Ricky Weiss and now Catorgory Five chassis for Stormy Scott. What is stopping each of them from stealing ideas from the others and are the designs that much different?

Bruce is a heck of a fabricator though, and I believe builds his own modified chassis as well.

[dirtcrazy4u]

Did the Scott Bros at one time have Bloomquist chassis ? If so they where not doing very well in them. I just don't remember because they switched more than any other team out there.

[foxfire2dirtracing]

Yes they did- but it was short lived. The Bloomquist cars are constructed for Scott’s driving style..-pretty much straight and not bent sideways in the turns. They don’t fit most everyone’s driving style. He always said if you are sideways in the turns : you’re not moving forward. McDowell/Bloomer have pretty much the same driving style. Jimmy Owens had his best years in that Chasis as well. It’s kinda ironic the 2013 car that Stormy purchased off Eckert is a Bloomquist car.
Weiss was in the Bloomquist stuff before falling out and starting the Snipers. Don’t know if Hedge(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) was ever in one or not- but since These 3 Chasis are now coming out of Bruce’s shop and he worked for Scott for years- I would think they are pretty similar in design.
Don’t forget Bruce worked at Warrior Chasis building the Black Magics that Scott drove before he left Warrior and went to work for Scott.
It would be very interesting to put a Bloomquist, BMF, Sniper, and the Catagory 5 cars of Stormy’s together and compare them.

[blncfn57]

How was Bruce able to black market one of Scott's cars and remain friends with him?

[foxfire2dirtracing]

^^^ not sure what you are asking??

[zyoung25]

Bruce also built and sold rockets at one point not very long ago.

[Josh Bayko]

Bruce also built and sold rockets at one point not very long ago.

He still listed as a Rocket dealer (with a jig) on Rocket’s website.

[Barbecueboy]

The black magics…..man that never gets old just to say it and think about what all was going in in dirt racing then.

[dirtcrazy4u]

As many have said cars today are pretty much the same. What I wonder is what is the cost of each one that comes out of a Brucebuilt jig ? Secondly, has Brucebuilt ever manufacturered a chassis of his own design ? You would think all the measurements he has, move a bar or 2 here or there and he can call it destroyer chassis co.

[pierceFAN]

Did the Scott Bros at one time have Bloomquist chassis ? If so they where not doing very well in them. I just don't remember because they switched more than any other team out there.

more than tony jackson jr??

[zyoung25]

As many have said cars today are pretty much the same. What I wonder is what is the cost of each one that comes out of a Brucebuilt jig ? Secondly, has Brucebuilt ever manufacturered a chassis of his own design ? You would think all the measurements he has, move a bar or 2 here or there and he can call it destroyer chassis co.

He has had a mod chassis, I haven't seen one in awhile though. I don't think he has made his own late model frame yet. Im sure he stays busy enough just assembling cars.

[KTMLew]

Who designed/engineered the Team-Zero chassis? I sincerely doubt Bloomer did it. Heard it mentioned on HTF at the dome that the Capital didn't turn as far to the right as the Longhorn. Partly why Joseph spun out first lap. What has Longhorn done that gets so much steering angle? Rack shifted right? Steering arm trickery? Magic juju beads?

You'd have to think a chassis builder that's welded together just about every different brand over last 30 years has learnt a thing or 40.